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...Jerusalem was some new demands made by Sadat and points raised the Israelis. In the endgame of negotiations, however, minor points acquire enormous symbolic value, and each side may find it psychologically painful to make the final concession. Cairo was insisting that an Egyptian liaison office be stablished in Gaza immediately after the treaty is signed. Sadat called this a means of protecting the "human rights" of the Gaza Palestinians. And to ensure that Gaza attains autonomy on schedule even if there are delays on the West Bank, Sadat wanted a firm commitment that Gaza self-rule would begin twelve...
...first stage of Israel's Sinai withdrawal (ten months after the treaty signing). Such an exchange, the Israelis said, would be a dramatic symbol of the new, normalized relations between the two former enemies. But Sadat wanted the ambassadorial exchange to await the establishment of self-rule in Gaza and the West Bank, something that could take several years. He was concerned that, once the Israeli Star of David flag begins flying over an embassy in Cairo, some Arab states would recall their envoys from Egypt. It is almost certain, moreover, that the Arab League's headquarters would move...
...Monday morning's session, the Israelis disclosed that they would accept some of Sadat's changes but refused to budge on the issues of Gaza, Sinai oil and the exchange of ambassadors. Declared Carter: "That is not enough." The President then pressed Begin hard, insisting that Israel sign the treaty. "No, sir," replied the Israeli leader. "We are a free people and we are not going to sign it unless we decide." In a separate meeting with senior Israeli deputies, Carter was chided for dealing as Laban did with the Patriarch Jacob in Genesis 29: 15-28, reneging...
...documents, they shut themselves up in the Oval Office and argued their differences. Neither side, according to insiders, gave an inch. On the key issue of whether or how to tie the Israeli-Egyptian agreement to a grant of autonomy for the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza, there was no sign of compromise at all. The U.S. has come out in favor of the Egyptian demand for a target date of autonomy one year after the treaty is signed. Israel refuses...
...leak within Israel of a harsher version of the government plan for eventual Palestinian "autonomy." The plan, drawn up by a committee headed by a top aide of Premier Menachem Begin, proposed a continuing Israeli army responsibility for both the internal and external security of the West Bank and Gaza. It also endorsed the right of Israelis to settle there. Although only one of several options that will be presented to the Cabinet for approval, the plan raised serious doubts about whether Israel is prepared to give meaningful self-rule to the 1.1 million Palestinians in those territories...